More Valentine's Day-related History

• The ancient Romans celebrated the Feast of Lupercalia on February 14th in honor of Juno, the queen of the Roman gods and goddesses. Juno was also the goddess of women and marriage.

• Many believe the 'X' symbol became synonymous with the kiss in medieval times. People who couldn't write their names signed in front of a witness with an 'X.' The 'X' was then kissed to show their sincerity.

• Girls of medieval times ate bizarre foods on St. Valentine's Day to make them dream of their future spouse.

• In the Middle Ages, young men and women drew names from a bowl to see who would be their Valentine. They would wear this name pinned onto their sleeves for one week for everyone to see. This was the origin of the expression "to wear your heart on your sleeve."

• In 1537, England's King Henry VII officially declared February 14th the holiday of St. Valentine's Day.

Valentine's Day Fun Facts

When did it all start?

There are various theories on the origin of Valentine's Day, but the most popular dates back to the time of the Roman Empire during the reign of Claudius II, 270 AD. Claudius didn't want men to marry during wartime because he believed single men made better soldiers. Bishop Valentine went against his wishes and performed secret wedding ceremonies. For this, Valentine was jailed and then executed by order of the Emperor on February 14. While in jail, he wrote a love note to the jailor's daughter signing it, "From your Valentine." ‘Sound familiar?

Septic Troubles & Missing Teeth

The last week of January, I heard water running in the bathroom and went to investigate and found water pouring from the toilet. There was also about 5" of water in the bottom of the tub.



We had to cut the PVC pipe in order to use the pipe snake.


















Besides the clog, we also had to empty the septic tank (thankfully it was before the blizzard, or we would have had a lot of snow to move!!)












The new clean out valve


















Sarah also lost another tooth that day (her 3rd)















William with the last remnants of a black eye from bumping into a chair while crawling around.

Bowling

William found an empty juice bottle and started rolling a ball at it. I helped him find a few more bottles and he and Andy had fun bowling.

College Day

Every Friday in February, Sarah's school has special dress-up days. This week was "College Day". This is all Sarah had that had something to do with a college. It is from the University of Indiana.

Potty Scotty Potty

I won a potty chair from Potty Scotty on their Facebook page.


I didn't really need another potty chair as I have the one the girls used and the froggy potty I got for William, but it was free! (I would have liked to win this month's giveaway for training pants more!)











It is smaller than the froggy and all one piece.













Here's Andy trying it out.

Tatted Acorn

Here is my latest tatting design. It will be in my new tatting book.